Asylum and Immigration (Treatment of Claimants, etc.) Act 2004 Explanatory Notes

Section 18: Control of entry

72.Section 18 amends paragraph 2A of Schedule 2 to the Immigration Act 1971. It provides immigration officers with the power to examine a person who arrives with entry clearance that takes effect as leave to enter for the purpose of establishing whether the leave should be cancelled on the grounds that the person’s purpose in arriving in the United Kingdom is different from the purpose specified in the entry clearance.

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